Section 31148 Of Article 10. Stinson Beach County Water District From California Water Code >> Division 12. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 10.
31148
. (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located a
sanitary sewage, septic, or septic tank disposal system, which system
is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may
request the district to replace or repair, as necessary, such system.
If replacement or repair is feasible, the board of directors, in its
sole discretion, may provide for the necessary replacement or repair
work.
(b) The person or persons employed by the board of directors to do
the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision
(b) of Section 31147, for work done and materials furnished, and the
work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done
and furnished at the request of the owner. The district, in the
discretion of the board of directors, may pay all, or any part, of
the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to
the extent that the district pays the cost or price of the work done
and materials furnished, the district shall succeed to and have all
the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of such person
or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the
owner.
(c) As an alternative power to the enforcement of the lien
provided in subdivision (b), the board of directors may, by ordinance
adopted by two-thirds vote of the members, fix the costs of
replacement or repair; fix the times at which such costs shall become
due; provide prior to the replacement or repair for the payment of
the costs in installments over a period, not to exceed 15 years;
establish a rate of interest, not to exceed 8 percent per annum, to
be charged on the unpaid balance of the costs; and provide that the
amount of the costs and the interest shall constitute a lien, subject
to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31147, against the
respective lots or parcels upon which the work is done.
(d) With the written consent of the owner and the lienholder, if
other than the district, the board of directors may issue an
improvement bond pursuant to the improvement bond provisions of the
Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of
Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), to represent and be
secured by the lien established pursuant to subdivision (b). The bond
may be delivered to the lienholder if other than the district or may
be sold by the board of directors at public or private sale. The
amount of the bond shall be the amount of the lien, including
incidental expenses allowable under the Improvement Act of 1911. The
bond term and interest rate shall be determined by the board of
directors within the limits established by the Improvement Act of
1911 and other applicable provisions of law.